ARTICLE JACKED FROM PACKER CHATTERSDRIVER REFUTES REPORT HE IS AN UNHAPPY PACKER

According to sources, Donald Driver is refuting an ESPN report that he, like Javon Walker, is unhappy with his contract and wants to be traded or released. Driver has two years left on a five-year, $11 million extension he signed in 2002. That deal included a four-million dollar signing bonus. Since then, Driver has been the Packers' number-one receiver, and it could be argued that he has outperformed the deal.

Driver and his agent were talking to the Packers about his contract last December. Sources close to Driver said Thursday he has no plans to hold out or make any demands of the team to rework his deal.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will have to wait at least one more year before taking the reins from three-time MVP Brett Favre, who will return to the Packers for his 16th NFL season. But for Rodgers, a time to wait is a time to get better.

"I kind of expected (Favre to return)," said Rodgers, who has spent much of the offseason studying with Head Coach Mike McCarthy and quarterbacks coach Tom Clements in Green Bay.

Amongst media speculation that Favre would retire, Rodgers was all but anointed the Packers' starting quarterback. And that's exactly how he plans to approach each and every day.

"Regardless of whether or not Brett would have come back, I'm a leader on this team and that's how I have to approach it," Rodgers said. "I have an opportunity right now to lead these guys everyday when I come in and see them and that's part of our preparation." McCarthy, who also served as Packers quarterbacks coach in 1999, is imparting his knowledge on Rodgers, much as he did with Favre, each day as the two meet for quarterback school. (Read More Here)

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On Friday, April 28, 2006 at 8:16 PM.